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Crossfading music education: Connections between secondary students’ in- and out-of-school music experience

To Cite or Download the Article: Tobias, E. S. (2014). Crossfading music education: Connections between secondary students’ in- and out-of- school music experience. International Journal of Music Education, 1-18. doi: 10.1177/0255761413515809 If you do not have institutional access to International Journal of Music Education and would like a copy of the article, contact me via email or with a note in the comment section. My article “Crossfading music education: Connections between secondary students’ in- and out-of-school music experience” is now… Read More »Crossfading music education: Connections between secondary students’ in- and out-of-school music experience

Free Access to “Hybrid spaces and hyphenated musicians: Secondary students’ musical engagement in a Songwriting and Technology Course”

I’m not sure why, but my article “Hybrid spaces and hyphenated musicians: Secondary students’ musical engagement in a Songwriting and Technology Course” is currently available with free access regardless of institutional membership to Music Education Research journal. If you are interested in songwriting, technology, music education, musical engagement, and curriculum, download it before it goes back behind a pay wall! It is always a bit frustrating when research is unavailable to most practitioners so thank you to Taylor and Francis and… Read More »Free Access to “Hybrid spaces and hyphenated musicians: Secondary students’ musical engagement in a Songwriting and Technology Course”

Music, Expression, Responding to Current Events, Trayvon Martin, & National Music Standards

Music plays numerous important functions in society and as part of the human experience. Merriam (1964), for instance, outlines 10 functions of music. Several functions of music apply to the role that music can play in responding to current events, such as the death of Trayvon Martin, recent acquittal of George Zimmerman and related issues. The following four functions of music hold particular relevance in this context: Emotional expression (including the opportunity to provide people with a variety of emotional… Read More »Music, Expression, Responding to Current Events, Trayvon Martin, & National Music Standards

Composing, songwriting, and producing: Diversifying popular music pedagogy

To Cite or Download the Article: Tobias, E. S. (2013). Composing, songwriting, and producing: Diversifying popular music pedagogy. Research Studies in Music Education, 35(2), 213-237. doi:10.1177/1321103X13487466 My article Composing, songwriting, and producing: Informing popular music pedagogy draws on research from my dissertation and addresses an expanded perspective on creating music in the context of producing music. I make a case for broadening how we discuss and address composing and songwriting to include aspects of producing music and also suggest that… Read More »Composing, songwriting, and producing: Diversifying popular music pedagogy

Toward Convergence: Adapting Music Education to Contemporary Society and Participatory Culture

Tobias, E. S. (2013). Toward convergence: Adapting music education to contemporary society and participatory culture. Music Educators Journal, 99(4), 29–36. doi:10.1177/0027432113483318 The digital supplement providing examples of the varied musical practices I discuss in the article. (Also available on the NAfME Bonus Content website). Also included in the same issue of the MEJ is: A thoughtful and nuanced response written by Thomas Regelski. My condensed response to Regelski’s response as published in the MEJ. A complete response is available on… Read More »Toward Convergence: Adapting Music Education to Contemporary Society and Participatory Culture